Ferrol in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ferrol in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FerrolGalicia (Region)Spain (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ferrol plotted against Galicia and Spain. The SNDi of new construction in Ferrol rose steadily, compared to Galicia which peaked in 1976-1990 and Spain which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Ferrol's incremental SNDi rose from 3.5 to 3.99 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ferrol ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Galicia and 64th out of 85 in Spain as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.99
Rank in Spain
76th of 85
Rank in Galicia
4th of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.36
Rank in Spain
64th of 85
Rank in Galicia
2nd of 4

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FerrolWusuMilak

In new street additions, Ferrol built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Wusu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Milak built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Wusu and Milak both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Ferrol became progressively more disconnected.